{"podcast":{"title":"Fated Mates - Romance Books for Novel People","slug":"fated-mates-romance-books-for-novel-people-607367","podcast_index_feed_id":607367,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/fatedmates/","website_url":"https://fatedmates.net","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/bf72ead3-5923-498d-8717-800adee158d0/fm-logo-3000-small-file-size.jpg","author":"Fated Mates","episode_count":408,"summary":"The most listened to romance novel podcast, Fated Mates is co-hosted by bestselling author Sarah MacLean and romance critic Jen Prokop. Weekly episodes include romance novel read-alongs and lively discussions of the work of the genre, highlighting the romance novel as a powerful tool in fighting the patriarchy…with absolutely no kink shaming. RSSVERIFY","last_synced_at":"2026-07-03T14:18:56.321303+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fated-mates-romance-books-for-novel-people-607367"},"episode":{"title":"S08.26: Ballet and Opera in Romance","slug":"s08-26-ballet-and-opera-in-romance","published_at":"2026-03-18T03:15:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fated-mates-romance-books-for-novel-people-607367/s08-26-ballet-and-opera-in-romance","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fated-mates-romance-books-for-novel-people-607367","url":"https://fatedmates.net","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/23eabafe-daa6-4ca5-b641-62f35df05567.mp3","summary":"Someone said something real stupid, and that means we get to hit back in the best way possible — with romance recommendations! Today we’re talking about the Opera and the Ballet in Romance! We’re talking about historicals and contemporaries, about mafia enforcers and exasperated dukes, about football players and yes, of course, our sweet baby Conrad Wroth. You’re going to have a great time. Congratulations to the movie-starrest of movie stars, Michael C. Jordan, on the occasion of his Oscar win. If you want more Fated Mates in your life, or you want to talk more about Opera and Ballet and romance novels, please join our Patreon, which comes with an extremely busy and fun Discord community! Join other magnificent firebirds to hang out, talk romance, and be cool together in a private group full of excellent people. Learn more at patreon.com. Our next read along is The Madness of Lord Ian MacKenzie by Jennifer Ashley. Get it at Amazon , Barnes & Noble , Kobo , Apple Books or wherever you get your books . Notes Tornadoes are scary , but the University of Michigan is keeping track of them for you. Chicagoans think that the city is tornado-proof ; it’s not. Daylight Savings Time sucks. Cara Dion and Robin Lovett are both Opera Singers — Romancelandia remains the coolest. Thanks Louisa Darling , for giving us this episode about Timothee Chalamet and his boneheaded comments about ballet and opera a few weeks ago, and then he didn’t win a single Oscar. Are these things related? Who can say! Magic Mike is the greatest dance movie ever made, or a feminist text . Pick your poison. A ballet book Jen imprinted on as a teenager was called Mariana by Karen Strickler Dean , and for Sarah it was an opera book called Mountain Laurel by Jude Deveraux . Kelly Clarkson and Josh Groban d…","meta_description":"Someone said something real stupid, and that means we get to hit back in the best way possible — with romance recommendations! Today we’re talking about t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5934,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fated-mates-romance-books-for-novel-people-607367/episodes/s08-26-ballet-and-opera-in-romance/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fated-mates-romance-books-for-novel-people-607367/s08-26-ballet-and-opera-in-romance.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}